Disappearing gun.



no; s4|,a72. Pafented Ian 23, 1900.

J. KRONE. Y DISAPPEARING GUN.

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Patented Jan. 23, I900.

m. mgem .s mama. DiSAPPEABING GUN.

( Application filed Nov. 1, 1899.)

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..pp1lcation filed lioveinoer 1,18%, Serial No. VBEMJJSH (Ne model.)

To (aZ-L zy/wm il J KRONE, aciti- 1 Empire, i-esirling at Essen, ave inv nteo win new and useme o T 1 app wing Guns, of

syeoifiootion,

I to improvements in in which the by a o :rrier which loiva by the recoil,

- I eooonv oonneeting two oss; er. 211 other wote'il "so the suitable mid-brakes, foo. have shown an gun. embodying i. resneotivelylower ends of i, "pivoted on o e We This balance-Wei gni. ledges Z on the co respondio n the oylinfior firake, pivoted on ton-rod m being pi the bolb e,

The gu'mozwi'il device-3' of the mom matioally holding the O sliion.

For reducing the eff the end of one recoil which projeotione r of The gun-barrel aclju votion in the 'nsnel welfrod 0, pivoted m the l n :129 gun-bzarrelie held barrel onciadjnsm 1e also loworom iseci to the firing posia guide g.

to the lower pivotai The abovewlescribed. :angesnen; is such apps m l link, While at the filial; the bolt 8 in the floating snpoocn moves 2g ec'ion the piston-rod of a in an arc of a circle eronml ihe boll". f in e nearlyhoiizontel line, whileat the some time 35 l in vertical lonihe supports a c are eoneeti '50 mm: on H19 sappearing gun in bolt 6, because their lower ends t me clirootecl J n elevation. Fig. by the links gin on are of o oirole around the 0 a 0;. oi? l. Fi 3 is a bolt 71, approximately in avertical direction correspondingvertical lon soebion in Those twosnotions (:aiise the trunnions of the 80 the loading eclipsed position. Fig. 4 is a gun-barrel to move in o. curve first approxb top View o he belMnoe-weight. matoly horizontal and then sloping down, as

Similar i :s refer to minim-parts throughshown in Fig. 3. The curve (ieeeribeii during 3 out the several views, the recoil by the mouth. of the gon ie govern-ed in the draw ngs the letter u designates the by the shape of the recoil curve of the two 85 pivot, eupporw. the gun-om iage, and some nions and by 11110 position of the rocl tl and is -'age-fro,me, supported noon the pivotal; by shown. in 3 for a horizontal. position 2.5 v the gun. During recoil the weight 70 is liifie.

4o 5 the gnniomfrei, snpnoitecl by its brunand pars of the reooil energy si o! in lifting nions in benrin s the npoer of a flomthe Weight, while "he remeindei is spent on 2):: ing support 0, c of two parts a 0. therecoil-bmke. Einoe j'l'ne gun-barrel su'o- 1A3 e oyioolte Toto the sides ports 0 c are guideil in o 1 Led. Qlirecbion h, by bolts t' to the the links g g and d 07,, "one guiiies of iiiiew 45 c. d d are simi- 75 are not afiooteil by (herecoil and jam g g and pivoted emme by bolts f 1: Sun

is prevented.

Wham I claim as new is.-

l. In. a. fiisoppearing gun, the oomliinm-ion with the gnn-bmn'el and. EH16? of obalance w and to we I; is a -each other and' hinged at their ends to the carriage and to the floating support, and a weight guided in a vertical direction and supported by links pivoted thereto and tothe lower end of the fioatingdgumbarrel support,

. suhstantially as specific 1 5 3. In a disappearing gun, the combination with the gun-barrel and carriage-frame, of a;

floating gun-barrel support; links crossing each other and hinged at their end torfthe' carriage and to the floating support, a, weight I '20 guided in a vertical dii eetion and supported by links pivoted thereto and to the lower end i of the floating gun-barrel support, and asrecoil-brake connected to the upper cross-link g crossing each other and pivoted to the carriage-frarne by bolts f and h respectively and to the floating support by bolts e and t, a bal mice-weight is guided vertically on the carriage-frame and suspended omthe lower end of the floating gun-barrel support, and a. recoil-brake *rt-having its .piston -rod w eonneoted to thebolt e, substantially as specified. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the witnesses.

'- JOHANNES KRONE. Witnesses: v

MICHEL DE DRAzo, ALEX. P. Ln'rn.

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